'Chase It' Play

Cannock Chase Council were recently successful in securing a £200,000 funding bid from Play England. The bid will link directly into the Council’s ‘Chase It’ Young Persons Scheme and will be used to establish a programme of play development throughout the District.

'Chase It' – Play will be broken down into 3 separate projects over a 3 year period.

1. RE-Connect

The “RE-Connect” project will establish a district wide peripatetic team of play rangers who will work with children and young people, between the ages of 5-13, and their families to encourage and facilitate their connection with play spaces across the Cannock Chase District.

2. Help Yourself Play

This project is priority number two. It is the creation and design, by children, for children of 5 packs of play materials. This process will facilitate children’s engagement and consultation, enabling children to have input into the choice and type of play they want. The packs will encourage children and young people to engage with their play environment and could include such items as, for example, portable illustrated signs for use in a variety of settings bearing the rules to traditional games and advice on safe places to play.

3. Play Fair

The Play Fair project will be the holding of three major play events in the district, one for each year of the portfolio.

Main contact: Paul Smith
Tel: 07967 664287
Email: PaulSmith@cannockchasedc.gov.uk

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